Top 5 9/11 Truther Myths You Should Be Ready to Debunk

townhall.com ^ | 09/11/07 | Mary Katherine Ham

[mowowie]

I have a buddy who is a die hard truther. He also believes in Chemtrails (Disguised as Contrails, He can pick ‘em out), The Illuminati (The Puppet Masters), And it’s all the Jooooo’s fault. His latest big thing is how we are purposely poisoning the world with depleted uranium.
Every time he tries to get the message out to us non-believers he gets laughed at. He’s learned to petty much keep his mouth shut, Except with me unfortunately. Lousy guy to drink with.

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

“Truthers” and Holocaust deniers drink from the same sewer.

[ozzymandus]

The best part of the History Channel program on 9/11 myths was the mental health professional who analyzed the motivations of conspiracy buffs. Basically, he said they were people of below-average intelligence who grasped at conspiracy theories that went against the accepted truth as a way of making themselves feel smarter than other people. That seemed to describe the nuts they interviewed to a T.

[fortunecookie]

9/11 Truthers don't need to be debunked. They need to be spit on. I really don't understand why you would converse with such perverts.

In theory, yes, I agree. And they and their sheeple may not even be willing to converse regarding it, not that I would want to. But numbers are being swayed by the Mythers (I won't call them the other name, they tell only lies), and I have run into people at work and social and family functions who start to question, like a relative of mine who would rather consider the possibility of the conspiracy than deal with the notion that terrorists have targeted us. These people could use a dose of reality. And we need to be able to defend the truth.

[ozzymandus]

Actually, that’s a pretty accurate description of liberals in general.

[xjcsa]

Sounds exactly, to the letter, like one of my friends, except that he hasn’t learned to keep his mouth shut.

[Froufrou]

I’ve heard that Roosevelt one, too. That war is fiscally advantageous. I’d heard Kennedy was taken out by the CIA, Jimmy Hoffa, and/or LBJ.

[mowowie]

Pretty much in a nutshell, huh.

[CharacterCounts]

5) The Pentagon was really struck by a missile.

So, how do they explain the missing airplane?

[lesser_satan]

I know somebody who was buying into it based on some obscure statement Hunter S. Thompson made before he died and his own mother’s kookiness (and I couldn’t convince him otherwise), until he read Popular Mechanics’ excellent debunking.

[Tex Pete]

“5) The Pentagon was really struck by a missile.”

I have a good friend who actually watched in horror as the plane descended to the Pentagon that day.

Debunked.

[MosesKnows]

the Truthers must be countered

No, they do not need to be countered; they need to be ignored.

Proverbs 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Another way to express that advice suggest that when you argue with an idiot those observing will very quickly not be able to tell which is the idiot.

Proverbs 14:7 offers additional wisdom.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge

[CharacterCounts]

Basically, he said they were people of below-average intelligence who grasped at conspiracy theories that went against the accepted truth as a way of making themselves feel smarter than other people. That seemed to describe the nuts they interviewed to a T.

That would definitely account for the 42% of Democrats who believe Bush did it.

[MosesKnows]

that’s a pretty accurate description of liberals in general

Yes, it does describe liberals but it doesn't explain liberals. I have a theory that explains why there are liberals. Omitting a great deal of detail the simple premise of my theory is that liberals are people who lack the gene required for humans to mentally process reality.

[sand88]

Oh yeah, and some retard hippie-chick librarian.

OMG, your explanations are so funny, and correct I saw that show, it really showed how stupid are the truther types. I had a friend that couldn't understand how the buildings just "fell." I gave him a quick course in potential energy. I had a 60# bag of concrete that I handed to him. He took it with little problem. Then, I climbed a ladder about five feet and let it drop into his arms. He couldn't stop it from going to the ground. He quickly realized the power of potential energy, especially after I told him something around 90000 tons were suddenly released in one of the Towers collapse. Anything who has taken physics would laugh at these loons on the left. They are a nutty and dangerous bunch of freaks.

[I see my hands]

"What the "Truthers" know is that if you repeat a lie often enough, many (if not most) will believe it. That's why the facts must be disseminated just as widely as the conspiracy propagand."

People know the facts. The facts are no secret. What do you think, that reason is the currency here? These are liars and their willing dupes. Get with it.

[Gay State Conservative]

My guess is that the fighter would have damaged the wing enough to force it down.

I think that Air Force,Navy and Marine fighter pilots need to chime in here.Is there an air-to-air weapons system on US fighters that's accurate enough to disable,but not shoot down,a commercial airliner? And is there an Air Force,Navy or Marine aviator who's skilled enough to do this?

[RogerWilko]

I have a good friend who actually watched in horror as the plane descended to the Pentagon that day

EYE WITNESSES

Is he/she one of these 30 or so people who made up their stories too. The lengths some people will go to, to get some press time!

It's AMAZING they could find so many people willing to collaborate on this massive conspiracy! DAY-HAM!!

[dfwgator]

Where’s Rosie O’Donnell? She believes the 9-11 conspiracies. Why isn’t she out there with her open pie hole, “educating” all of us?

And Mark Cuban is funding the Truther's movie. That's why this Dallas resident is now a Spurs' fan.

[mowowie]

That just cracked me up.